How to take long exposures with film

I try to take a long exposure of the stars, and then explain how I figured out the settings for that shot compensating for reciprocity failure.

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[thealaris]

I'm so grateful that you've made this video, even tho I know a lot about photography itself, "reciprocity failure" was a thing that I've never thought about, so now I'm another step closer to making great shots with out ruining them

[lamanhnguyen]

OMG free PDF. U're so kind. thank you sir

[rahimzabimza]

I love the outcomes!! Muchas gracias por este video 👍

[AndersBjornTH]

Thank you for making your book available to us. Your channel is the best.

[efomarcel]

this was so pretty to watch, and your photographs are amazing!

[stillshootingfilm]

Thanks for the introduction... fits pretty well as i am gonna go for some long exposure shots the next weeks with my hasselblad 500cm. lets see how they will turn out. could get any of the really long exposure shots in my last video. I think the longest was a 9min exposure from the Lofoten. :D Enjoy your day and keep up the nice work.

[JayGrapherBKK]

very interesting subject about film, totally didnt know about it - will be prepared in the future when doing film long exposure night photography

[jagman]

Great topic Adrian. This will help me a lot.

[mdbdoc]

thank you for this video. a question because I’m new to this: why did you push the film to 1600 when you were already doing long exposure?

[miapepsi]

Thank you for making this video
I have been meaning to get around to reading your book, ive had it downloaded to my phone for a couple of months now, I will probably read a bit of it sometime soon.

[danielemilazzo]

Los videos mejoran cada vez. Y la casa de enfrente con todos esos colores es fenomenal!!!!

Un saludo desde Australia. Espero pasar a ver a mi familia en Salamanca este año. Por su pasas por ahí :)

[ayrtongonzales]

Genial! Muchas gracias por la información, definitivamente la usaré y leeré el libro.

[fishtacoguy]

Great subject! I have only tried really long exposure at nights with digital. I think in spring I will give it a go with some Acros (original stock) in my Bronica ETRS.

[saimonperezg]

Excelente, muchas gracias voy a intentarlo con una canon ae1

[canturgan]

What about the extra dark exposure for digital noise?

[gianlucarusso]

Nice video and beautiful shot!
I do love the topic and my question is the following: what if I don’t have a digital camera or a digital lightmeter? Is there a way to know/predict what’s the correct exposure time (e.g. the 10’ in the case of your video) to multiply for a reciprocity factor (in order to compensate for reciprocity failure)?

P.s. I used your values for compensating the reciprocity failure in a shot of mine, I did use ilford hp5 plus at f/2.8 for 45mins, no filters, and the shot came out nice but not good as I expected (it was overexposed by two stops I guess). I’ll send you an e-mail, maybe it’s better :)

[pefawa]

How did you figure a 10 minute exposure with your digital camera.?? I understand everything else but how you metered for a 10 minute exposure using your digital camera.

[RR-zqmk]

You related to Claude? The guy who tells the story about the Hippo?

[josebainakielorriagaarriet]

todavía no me he atrevido a hacer largas exposiciones con la Bronica, y eso que me encantan las sedas marinas...., asignatura pendiente, aunque ya lo hice una vez con la Olympus y un carrete de Fuji Acros, que apenas tiene fallo de reciprocidad, pero salía muy caro el carrete y encima de momento es difícil de conseguir, solo en japón.La App de Ilford lo tenía en mi teléfono Android, pero no lo encuentro para Iphone .Que es mejor, tener una tabla ya hecha en un cuadernillo, o empezar con el móvil a trasegar mientras estás con poca luz y se te está haciendo de día a marchas forzadas momento intentaré hacerlo en pleno día con un filtro de 10 pasos hasta coger ligereza en el manejo

[ruudmaas]

The long exposures with film do look more beautiful somehow.